Improvement in washfng-machines



dilata lterer l @anni @da THOMAS SNOW., OF SOCIAL. CIRCLE, GEORGIA.

Letters Iiatent No. 109,262, dated November 15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

washing-machine in plan view, and

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. I v

The nature of my invention consists in the construction andjai-rangement of a washimg-machine, as will be hereinafter fully setforth.

In .Order to' lenable others skilled in theart to which 'my inventionappertains to make and use the' same, Ivwill now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation. I

A. represents a box of any desired dimensions, in which are placed twocorrugated wash-boards B B, the corrugated sides facing each other.

Thelower wash-board B is placed between slats a a, ruiminglongitudinally in the sides of the box, and

forming guides for said board.

Ihe upper wash-board B' rests upon the upper slats Or guides a'.

In one end of the box A is a forked arm, O, in which a lever, HD, ispivoted.

'Ihe lower end of this lever is pivoted in an ear projecting from theendof the lower wash-board B, and two arms b'conneet said lever, above thepivot point, with the upper wash-board B', so that by working the leverD back and fOr-th, the two wash-boards are moved back and forth inOpposite directions on their respective guides.

The inner ends of the two arms b b are attached to a handle, G, on theupper wash-board.

.The wash-boards B B' are perforated, which creates a suction of thewater, and causes it to keep a continuous stream through the fabrics,thereby loosening up the dirt, and enabling the operator to wash themost costiy and fine fabric without injury.

Instead of constructing the washboards in the manner shown in thedrawing, I may make frames with a series of stationary rollers or roundbars placed a suitable distance apart, which will answer the samepurpose.

I am aware of the patent granted E.- Marble, April 9, 1867, in which areseen two wash-boards moving in Opposite directions; but my machinediffers from his in that my wash-boards have stationary `guides and donot touch each other, while in his the lower board swings or rocks toand fro, and the upper board rests upon the lo'wer'and is moved in theopposite direction from the swinging-board.. My wash-boards move inparallel lines.

Having thus fully described my invention,

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is f Thecombination of the box A with guides a a', per forated wash-boards B B',forked arm C, lever I), and arms b b, all constructed and arrangedtooperate substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I cla-im the above, I have here liuto subscribed myname in the presence of two witnesses.

XVitnesses: Y THOMAS SYOWn NEWTON D. DAoUs, DE KALB REYNOLDS.

